Last year, AU Food Services announced two new meal plans while simultaneously reducing emphasis on their previous meal plan options in order to market their new, larger plans. Those new plans, Platinum 19 and Platinum 15, offer more meals per semester to students, as well as a lower cost per meal swipe. However, the prices that students pay per meal, specifically when using the meal swipe exchange program, are markedly higher than what students actually receive in food services. Meal plan … [Read more...]
Trump win calls electoral college into question
The 2016 presidential election was arguably unlike any election this country has ever seen. Many can recall their doubt as Donald Trump presented the idea of running for president a mere two years ago. This January, however, he will move into the White House. Trump’s campaign against seasoned politician Hillary Clinton included bitter debates, uncovered scandals and even a few Twitter fights between the candidates. In the end, Trump won the presidential race with 290 electoral votes, even … [Read more...]
CDC encourages career fair attendance
A crucial part of the career-seeking process is networking with potential employers. Connecting with professionals can be a daunting process, especially when students aren’t certain of who to contact or where to begin. The Indiana Means Business career fair will be making networking easier for students to take the first step toward talking to employers from a variety of businesses in Indiana. “I believe it’s important to go to a career fair because you need to start networking now with … [Read more...]
Budget cuts hit music department
A few weeks ago, President Pistole announced changes to many programs across AU. One of the departments that was heavily impacted by these changes was the music department, which lost four programs, combined two programs into one and is losing a handful of staff members at the end of the school year. The four programs being lost are church music, instrumental performance, voice performance and jazz studies. The Music Business, and Entertainment and Music Business majors are being combined into … [Read more...]
Food service prices rising
The cost of living is ever increasing, as are the costs of dining on AU’s campus. With those rising costs, however, have come several improvements to campus dining. Since last year, the cost of dining in the Marketplace has increased by an average of 42 percent. The highest price increase comes at breakfast, where the price rose from $5.25 last year to $7.99 this year, or by 52 percent. The cost of lunch was increased by 44 percent from $6.95 to $9.99, while dinner increased by 38 percent from … [Read more...]
Students offer input on 2016 election
Election Day is the most anticipated day in American politics. As we approach this monumental event, it is perhaps the first time many college students have the chance to vote in a presidential election. Many of these new, young voters have the chance to make a large impact on who will become president and even the power to potentially swing the vote. It’s no shock that neither Donald Trump nor Hilary Clinton is particularly popular with college students and young people. With new scandals and … [Read more...]
Pistole discusses goal of budget cut
Those within the AU community have likely received word of the budget cuts planned for the 2017-18 school year. The cuts, totaling $1.4 million, have been planned after a $3.6 million budget deficit from the 2015-16 school year, with a $62 million budget overall. The news was announced to faculty and student leaders in two separate meetings on Oct. 10, with the details reaching the student body via email from President Pistole later that evening. AU has operated at a deficit for the past few … [Read more...]
AU Senate welcomes new faces
The SGA senate began a new year of meetings this fall. Students elect the senators at the beginning of the fall semester to be representatives for each of the residence halls, schools and the four classes—Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors. For those unfamiliar with the duties and responsibilities of the Senate, the organization takes complaints from students on campus, approves charters for new interest clubs and provides interest clubs with funding for some events, as well as many … [Read more...]
SGA works to increase voter turnout at AU
Andersonian Editor Faith Middleton sat in on a conference call with Chelsea Clinton about increasing turnout among college-age voters. In the spirit of the upcoming general presidential election, young voters have taken to social media to voice their views, through memes, videos and informal discussion with one another. The recent speculation, however, is in regards to how heavily this political fervor will weigh in at the polls. The question has been asked by media outlets such as US News and … [Read more...]
AU works to continue increasing enrollment
1,497—that’s the total number of traditional undergraduate students at AU this fall. Although overall enrollment is slightly down since last year, the class of 2020 is one of the biggest classes to come through AU in past years. That number, accompanied with a 77 percent retention rate for the freshman class, means the Admissions Department and the Enrollment & Marketing team have a good reason to celebrate. “The increase in the fall class is attributable to plain old hard work on the part … [Read more...]